Global Patent Index - EP 1839600 A1

EP 1839600 A1 20071003 - Expandable conduit-guide

Title (en)

Expandable conduit-guide

Title (de)

Expandierbarer Führungstubus

Title (fr)

Tube de guidage expansible

Publication

EP 1839600 A1 20071003 (EN)

Application

EP 06117502 A 20060719

Priority

US 78836606 P 20060330

Abstract (en)

The invention relates to an expandable conduit-guide (1) providing a leak-tight conduit through a skin (3) between an inside of a corpus (2) and an outside of the corpus (2). The body (100) of the conduit-guide (1) is constructed from a braided-wire (150) so that the conduit-guide (1) is capable of actively expanding from a closed diameter (D1) to an opened diameter (D2) with the placement of the medical device (4) positioned within the lumen (110) and passively collapsing from the opened diameter (D2) to the closed diameter (D1) upon withdrawal of the medical device (4) under a spring load of the braided-wire (150).

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 17/3439 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 39/06 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/3488 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 25/005 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 2039/0673 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1839600 A1 20071003; CA 2572771 A1 20070930; US 2007233172 A1 20071004; US 8591539 B2 20131126

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06117502 A 20060719; CA 2572771 A 20070103; US 70127707 A 20070131